* Kurt Vonnegut fans certainly know that he once ran a Saab dealership, but his association with cars goes deeper than that, as we see from “The Powder Blue Dragon,” a story he wrote that was published in the November 1954 issue of Cosmopolitan. Modern Mechanix has the scan.

* Everybody’s worried about the upcoming redesign of the Mustang, particularly since Ford announced that it will do away with the retro styling. As Autoholics pointed out, the SN95 Mustang could have been worse. Much worse.

* Finally, which Japanese automaker other than Mazda toyed with the idea of a rotary engine? Japanese Nostalgic Car has the answer.